deal.II binary package won't open on Mac OS

[Stephen DeWitt]

Hello all,

I've recently seen some issues opening the version 8.4.1 Mac OS binary package. After downloading the .dmg file and copying the application to the Applications folder, double-clicking it doesn't launch the terminal window like it should. The "verifying..." dialog pops up and then the deal.II.app freezes. If I open the application in Finder with "Show Package Contents" and open "/Contents/Resources/bin/dealii-terminal" everything is fine. Both computers I saw this on has OS X El Capitan (unfortunately it was at an event where I was helping users install deal.II, so I don't have those computers handy anymore). On my own laptop (also running El Capitan), it works fine.

Has anyone else had a similar issue? Any ideas on what the problem could be? Two different users on two different machines had the same issue.

Thanks!

[Timo Heister]

Can you take a look the different .dmg files as part of
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_dealii_dealii_releases_tag_v8.4.2&d=CwIBaQ&c=Ngd-ta5yRYsqeUsEDgxhcqsYYY1Xs5ogLxWPA_2Wlc4&r=4k7iKXbjGC8LfYxVJJXiaYVu6FRWmEjX38S7JmlS9Vw&m=qGU9MKIEQ1b4mrRTfmkkh7jbCiku4QLry6xl2zxOdUM&s=hmKhvtDWF5SJbafRXzXQhGFElc0Ed8pAMVvGMAmNqac&e= and try them?
Only deal.II-8.4.2-serial.dmg has been signed with an official
developer key right now (maybe your system blocks installation of
other files).

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